Psalms 84

1 Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm to the sons of Korah. How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

“For the leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” How lovely are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

2 My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.

My soul longeth, yea, fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry aloud for the living God.

3 For even the sparrow has found a home for himself, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: your altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

The very sparrow findeth an abode, And the swallow a nest, where they may lay their young, By thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My king and my God!

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord. They will praise you from age to age.

Happy they who dwell in thy house, Who are continually praising thee! (Pause)

5 Blessed is the man whose help is from you. In his heart, he is disposed to ascend

Happy the man whose glory is in thee, In whose heart are the ways [[to Jerusalem]]!

6 from the valley of tears, from the place which he has determined.

Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a fountain; and the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 For even the lawgiver will provide a blessing; they will go from virtue to virtue. The God of gods will be seen in Zion.

They go on from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

8 O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Pay attention, O God of Jacob.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, God of hosts! Give ear, O God of Jacob! (Pause)

9 O God, gaze upon our protector, and look upon the face of your Christ.

Look down, O God! our shield, And behold the face of thine anointed!

10 For one day in your courts is better than thousands elsewhere. I have chosen to be lowly in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

For a day spent in thy courts is better than a thousand: I would rather stand on the threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For God loves mercy and truth. The Lord will give grace and glory.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; The LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing doth he withhold From them that walk uprightly.

12 He will not withhold good things from those who walk in innocence. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who hopes in you.

O LORD of hosts! Happy the man who trusteth in thee!